Dr Jason Goopy is a recognised teacher, scholar, and leader in music education. He is currently Lecturer and Coordinator of Secondary & Instrumental Music Education at Edith Cowan University. Jason draws upon 15 years of teaching music in Australian combined primary and secondary schools and is a specialist in Kodály-inspired pedagogy.
Jason’s research investigates how music education positively transforms lives by examining the nexus between music, education, and psychology using arts-based and mixed methods. He received the Australian Society for Music Education Callaway Doctoral Award, and his monograph, Teenage Boys, Musical Identities and Music Education: An Australian Narrative Inquiry, is published by Routledge. He is currently leading funded research projects investigating how music education supports the health and well-being of young people and the contributions of Australian Kodály Certificate courses to music teacher growth and development.
Jason serves on the editorial boards of the International Journal of Music Education (Q1), the International Journal of Research in Choral Singing, and the Australian Journal of Music Education. He is the current national President of the Australian Society for Music Education, Immediate Past President of Kodály Australia, and an Advisory Group Member for the Alberts Tony Foundation national advocacy project, Music Education: Right from the Start.
Qualifications
- Graduate Certificate of University Teaching, University of Melbourne, 2021
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland, 2020
- Master of Music (Aural Pedagogy), The University of Queensland, 2009
- Bachelor of Music (First Class Honours) and Bachelor of Education, The University of Queensland, 2007
- Associate Diploma of Music (Saxophone), Australian Music Examinations Board, 2005
Professional accreditation
- Fellowship (FHEA), Advance HE, 2021
- Feierabend Association for Music Education (FAME) Curriculum Accreditation (First Steps in Music; Conversational Solfege 1 & 2; Conversational Solfege Upper Levels), 2019
- Certificate of Performance (Singing), Australian Music Examinations Board, 2018
- Accredited Lecturer for the Australian Kodály Certificate, Kodály Music Education Institute of Australia, 2008
- Australian Kodály Certificate (Secondary), Kodály Music Education Institute of Australia, 2007
Service and community engagement
- National President, Australian Society for Music Education
- Representative of ASME on the National Advocates for Arts Education
- Education Committee Convenor and Immediate Past President, Kodály Australia
- Advisory Group member, Music Education: Right from the Start, Alberts Tony Foundation
Professional membership
- American Choral Directors Association (ACDA)
- Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE)
- Australian and New Zealand Association for Research in Music Education (ANZARME)
- Australian Music and Psychology Society (AMPS)
- Australian National Choral Association (ANCA)
- Australian Society for Music Education (ASME)
- International Kodály Society (IKS)
- International Society for Music Education (ISME)
- Kodály Music Education Institute of Australia (KMEIA)
- Society for Education, Music and Psychology Research (SEMPRE)